Student Health Services is prepared to address urgent care needs by modifying routine services. To prioritize all urgent care cases, if needed, appointments will be scheduled for the following reasons only: 

  • Abdominal pain
  • Sudden recent onset orthopedic injury (foot, ankle, knee, hip, finger, elbow, shoulder)
  • Asthma with shortness of breath
  • Burn
  • Chest Pain
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Dizziness
  • Fainting
  • Fever
  • Headache with inability to complete activities of daily living 
  • Wound/laceration
  • Lightheadedness
  • Lump/Bump/Growth with pain or drainage
  • Palpitations
  • Sore throat with fever/chills
  • Cough with fever/chills and/or history of travel to CDC COVID-19 high risk county
  • Cough with fever/chills and/or history of exposure to person diagnosed with COVID-19
  • Urinary problem
  • Women’s health (forward to provider)
  • Men’s health (penile discharge, testicular pain)
  • Pill pick up

The following are community resources available to you for routine care, urgent, or emergency care when Student Health Services is closed: 

Chester County Health Department - Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinics (STD)
601 Westtown Rd., West Chester, PA 19382 
(610) 344-6225 
STD clinics weekly Wednesdays 12 PM – 6 PM and Thursdays from 9 AM until 12 PM.  
 
AFC Urgent Care
510 E. Gay St., West Chester, PA 19380 
484-200-8655 
Open Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 8 PM and Sat/Sun from 8 AM to 5 PM 
(performs physical exams and TB Skin Testing)  
 
Tower Health Urgent Care
278 Eagleview Blvd., Exton, PA 19340 
610-561-6320 
Open 365 days/year from 9 AM to 9 PM 
(performs physical exams and TB Skin Testing) 
 
Chester County Hospital
701 E Marshall St, West Chester, PA 19380 
(610) 431-5000 
Emergency Room open 24 hours